The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-01-27

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ing-looked dangerously into hers.
.sLeave itl'' he whispered hoarsely.
HLeave it, or by
ssHelp!,' cried the girl, uplifting her
voice In sheer terror at his threatening
aspect.
No sooner had she uttered q single cry
than she felt herself seized f1ercely by the
throat, and simultaneously heavy blow
which seemed to crash into her brain
caused her to fall senseless with dull
thud upon the floor.
When tho girl recovered consciousness
she could not at first recollect what had
{ happened. By degrees she perceived that
she was not In her own room and was
lying upon bare boards. This discovery
caused her to grope feebly about in the
dark with her hands, which presently en-
countered split box Of matches. With
languid movements she raised herself and
struck light, whereupon she remarked
with mild astonishment that she was in
the dining room. Observing candle on
chair close by her, she contrived to get
near enough to apply the match to it.
Then, as the feeble flame grew stronger
and ceased Pickering, she gazed vacently
around her upc' the open sideboard and
the cupboard and the numerous odds and
ends Of things which were scattered
about the floor.
Suddenly, with thrill Of horror and
alarm, she realized the significance OF the
scene, remembared that the house had
been broken into, that she had encoun-
tered the thieves, and that-the fatal re-
collection seemed to turn her blood to
ice-her young man was one Of them!
Slowly and painfully, for she was so
weak and giddy that she could hardly
stand, the girl dragged herself up stairs
to her room and commenced to dress her
self, with the idea of fetching the police.
But by the time she issued forth from the
house she had forgotten what her mission
was; the combined effects Of the blow,
the anguish of having contributed to the
robbery, and the shock caused by her
young man g inf1dehty, had set her mind
wandering. She stood for moment aim
lessly upon the doorstep until startled by
o glimmering reminiscence Of what had
occurred. This suficed, however, to
make her hurry of, panic stricken and
Mortified, neither turning to the right nor
to the left, but pfunging straight forward
headlong in the darkness, each moment
growing more frantically agitated, until
she found herself upon broad bridge,
the lights upon which were reflected in
the smooth, gliding surface of the swift
running river below.
Mrs. Grosvenor Crescent was very much
upset the next morning at receiving On
intimation from the police that her house
had been found deserted after having, ap-
parently, been burglariously entered. She
came up to town by the first train, entirely
convinced that the girl Ellen was n
traitor or thief, which is her firm cohvic-
tion to this day. How else was the girls
disappearance to be accounted for but by
the supposition that she had eloped with
some male accomplicea To be sure she
had left some rags OF clothing and her
boxes, but what were these compared
with the heavy booty she had secured.
AS matter of fact, Mrs. Grosyenor Cres-
cent had taken the precautlon to send
away nearly all her plate and valuables, 80
that her loss was comparatively trifling.
But she made none the less Of It for that,
though she averred that she was chiefly
distressed and grievcd by the heartless In
gratitude Of that girl Ellen, who had al
WAYS been treated with every kindness,
consideration, etc.
And the girl has never been heard Of
since, only one day policeman called
upon Mrs. Grosvenor Crescent to say that
the body of young woman quite past
recognition had been discovered in one OF
the lower reaches OF the river. In thr